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Author: Ari
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Subject: Re: [dyne:bolic] Need help with the USB stick/mp3 player
I have this same problem but instead then when I boot from cd i Can see
my usb memory in the recources, but for some reason it doesn't accept
boot or docking from usb memory stick

Karlo Prstac wrote:
> Well,i've tried a USB stick,and a mp3 player.
> I have copied the dyne folder to the stick and it recoknizes the dyne
> folder but it stopa at one point to boot,and when i boot from the cd
> the stick isn't recoknized too.
>
> 2006/10/24, Richard Hamel-Smith <richardhamelsmith@???
> <mailto:richardhamelsmith@gmail.com>>:
>
>     Ok, this is what I get when I connect my USB stick
>     .......................................

>
>     usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 2
>     usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
>     usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
>     scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
>     usb-storage: device found at 3
>     usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
>       Vendor: M-SysT5   Model: Dell Memory Key   Rev: 5.04
>       Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
>     SCSI device sda: 249599 512-byte hdwr sectors (128 MB)
>     sda: Write Protect is off
>     sda: Mode Sense: 45 00 00 08
>     sda: assuming drive cache: write through
>     SCSI device sda: 249599 512-byte hdwr sectors (128 MB)
>     sda: Write Protect is off
>     sda: Mode Sense: 45 00 00 08
>     sda: assuming drive cache: write through
>     sda: sda1
>     sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda
>     sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
>     usb-storage: device scan complete

>
>     ..........................................................
>     are you seeing anything like that?
>     just after you insert the USB stick,
>     type dmesg in a xterm

>
>     If you get output similar to the above, then your USB stick is
>     recognised
>     If not, ...

>
>     the /etc/fstab file on my system has the following entry for the USB
>     stick, which
>     by the way, is called /dev/sda1

>
>     /dev/sda1       /mnt/usb        vfat    defaults,user   0       2

>
>     This line means that the USB stick is mounted with a VFAT filesystem,
>     which I believe, is the
>     filesystem Windows95 originally came with.

>
>     Anyhow, to mount it manually, you would use

>
>     mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb

>
>     But Dyne:bolic does all this automatically for you.

>
>     Now, I know you have Dyne:bolic version 2.2 but did you try version
>     2.1? I ask because I have come across some other problems with 2.2,
>     which did not occur with 2.1.
>     Perhaps, your USB stick will be recognised with 2.1. If you have the
>     bandwidth, I'd suggest downloading 2.1.
>     The only real difference I've noticed between 2.1 and 2.2 is that 2.2
>     includes some VoIP apps. But you can always download Skype for Linux
>     instead. So you won't really lose anything going to 2.1.

>
>     And another thing, does your USB stick work on any other Linux distro,
>     like Knoppix perhaps? Does it work under Windows, do you know? Knoppix
>     is generally accepted as being the most hardware compatible
>     version of
>     Linux. It's what I fall back to if I get problems with hardware.

>
>     Can you try another USB stick? Or is the problem with all USB sticks?

>
>     About formatting the USB stick, I've never had to do this personally.
>     But it's easy enough to do. To format your USB stick with a VFAT
>     filesystem, type

>
>     mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1

>
>     Of course, It will wipe any files there when you do this.

>
>     Hope this helps,
>     Richard

>
>
>     On 10/23/06, Karlo Prstac <darion696@???
>     <mailto:darion696@gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > Well i typed into the xTerminal
>     >
>     > [d:b]: dmesg|tail

>     >
>     > and this popped out:

>     >

>     >
>     > [drm]Setting GART location based on old memory map
>     > [drm]LOading R300 microcode
>     > [drm]Writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs
>     > FAT:bogus number in reserveds sectors
>     > VFS:Can't find a valid FAT file system on dev sda1

>     >

>     >
>     > What does that mean?
>     > And can i format my stick from dyne:bolic,because i tried form
>     windows adn
>     > nothing happened.
>     > If yes,from where?
>     > 2006/10/22, Richard Hamel-Smith < richardhamelsmith@???
>     <mailto:richardhamelsmith@gmail.com>>:

>     > >
>     > > right-click
>     > > from the menu, select xterm
>     > > type

>     > >
>     > > dmesg

>     > >
>     > > you should see a bunch of messages

>     > >
>     > > to read them slowly, use

>     > >
>     > > dmesg | less

>     > >
>     > > Richard

>     > >

>     > >
>     > > On 10/22/06, Karlo Prstac < darion696@???
>     <mailto:darion696@gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > > > Well,AFAIR it worked with dyne:bolic 1.2,not sure though...
>     > > > And where can i find the dmesg command?

>     > > >
>     > > > 2006/10/22, Richard Hamel-Smith <richardhamelsmith@???
>     <mailto:richardhamelsmith@gmail.com>>:

>     > > > >
>     > > > > it means that your usb device was not recognised by the
>     kernel
>     > > > > since the usb device itself was not recognised, no
>     filesystem could be
>     > > > > found on it
>     > > > > the message suggests you look into the output of the dmesg
>     command to
>     > > see
>     > > > > if
>     > > > > that can help
>     > > > > so post the output from the dmesg command and maybe
>     someone can
>     > > indicate
>     > > > > what
>     > > > > you need to do

>     > > > >
>     > > > > did this particular usb device work with any previous
>     versions of
>     > > > > dyne:bolic?

>     > > > >
>     > > > > Richard

>     > > > >
>     > > > > On 10/22/06, Karlo Prstac <darion696@???
>     <mailto:darion696@gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > > > > > Hey I get this message when i try to acces my usb in
>     dyne:bolic 2.2:

>     > > > > >

>     > > > > >

>     > > > > >
>     > > > > > Mounting /mnt/usb
>     > > > > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on
>     /dev/sdb1,
>     > > > > >        missing codepage or other error
>     > > > > >        In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
>     > > > > >        dmesg | tail  or so
>     > > > > > Mount failed

>     > > > > >
>     > > > > > Done
>     > > > > > There was one error.

>     > > > > >

>     > > > > >
>     > > > > > What does that mean?
>     > > > > > Please help fast!
>     > > > > > --
>     > > > > > Karlo Prstac

>     > > > > >
>     > > > > > Use dyne:bolic!

>     > > > > >
>     > > > > > Dyne:bolic forum: www.dynebolicforum.tk
>     <http://www.dynebolicforum.tk>

>     > > > > >

>     > > > > >
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>     > > >

>     > > >

>     > > >
>     > > > --
>     > > > Karlo Prstac

>     > > >
>     > > > Use dyne:bolic!

>     > > >
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>     > > >

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>     >

>     >

>     >
>     > --
>     > Karlo Prstac

>     >
>     > Use dyne:bolic!

>     >
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>
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